OK, so my mother suffers from Wernicke’s Korsakoff syndrome, which as I know is caused by a thiamine deficiency due to alcoholism. She also suffered from Thyroid issues since she was a teenager. My sister is in the hospital now for almost a year, with the latest diagnosis SREAT with Hashimotos thyroid. She is not getting better and having major seizures on a regular basis, they have tried multiple treatments with little success. The only thing that seems to help a little is when they give her plasma fusions, but after a couple of weeks she deteriorates again. I just finished reading an article on how it s being study that people suffering from fatigue caused by the thyroid often have a minor thiamine deficiency. Is it at all possible that this connection between my mother and sister having fairly rare and separate conditions can steam from the same issue of thiamine? And if so, could treating my sister with thiamine possibly improve her condition? I plan on asking her doctor about the connection but I can t sleep and I stay awake reading articles such as this, and frankly I don t want her doctor to think I m a fool, or be one of those people who thinks they know more then the doctors who are tirelessly trying to find answers.